AFP: Revolutionary Guard air marshals arrested a “counter-revolutionary” who tried to hijack an Iranian passenger plane headed for Syria, the Islamic republic’s elite group said on Saturday.
Iran foils hijacking on Syria-bound plane
Iran says 1b litres gasoline produced since July
Reuters: Iran has produced more than a billion litres of gasoline since July, in an effort to make the country less vulnerable to sanctions over its disputed nuclear programme, the Oil Ministry’s website Shana said on Saturday.
Lebanese PM Hariri on ‘historic’ visit to Iran
AFP: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Iran on Saturday on a first official visit amid a tense political stand-off between his pro-Western camp and rival Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Iran criticises Egypt FM’s remarks on Arab ties
AFP: Iran has criticised Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit for reportedly saying Tehran should keep out of the internal affairs of Arab countries and not meddle in Iraq and Lebanon.
Iran, Turkmenistan inaugurate gas pipeline
AFP: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov inaugurated on Sunday the last section of a pipeline to export Turkmen gas to northeast Iran, media reported.
Iran’s nuclear plant starts operations
AFP: Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr has started operations, the nation’s atomic chief said on Saturday, media reported.
U.S. engagement on Iran must be realistic – U.S. military
Reuters: The United States needs to be realistic about its efforts to engage Iran, whose leaders are lying about Tehran’s nuclear program and are on a path to building nuclear weapons, the top U.S. military officer said.
Quake rocks southern Iran: state media
AFP: A moderate earthquake rocked southern Iran on Friday, state television’s website reported, with no immediate word on any casualties or damage.
Hariri visits Iran to lobby for stability
Reuters: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visits Iran on Saturday, seeking its help to prevent political tensions turning violent if a U.N.-backed tribunal indicts Hezbollah members for killing his father.
Iran should keep out of affairs of Arab states: Egypt FM
AFP: Iran should keep out of the internal affairs of Arab countries in the Gulf and not meddle in Iraq and Lebanon, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Friday in a Qatari newspaper.
